Is chardet safe to use?

chardet has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (2.1.1). DepScope rates its health at 84/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of chardet?

The latest version of chardet is 2.1.1, released 2025-10-29.

Does chardet have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of chardet.

Is chardet deprecated?

No, chardet is actively maintained. Latest release: 2.1.1 (2025-10-29).

What are alternatives to chardet?

Popular alternatives to chardet in npm include: ?, semver, minimatch, debug, brace-expansion.

chardet

npmv2.1.1

Character encoding detector

License MITpermissive29 versions1 maintainers0 deps49,072,482 weekly dl

runk/node-chardet

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 84/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

4/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

📦

Bundle Size

35.9 KBminified

9.8 KB gzipped

0 direct dependencies

side effects

🌟

TypeScript

10/10typed

bundled

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.75critical

Download trend

stable(-0.4%)

Publish security

npm signed

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

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